"I won't be able to go to the doctor with you today, Eliza," Romano informed her while they were having breakfast in the sunny conservatory the following morning.

Eliza would never admit it, but she had really been relying on having Romano there that day. 

She was in her sixteenth week of pregnancy and had been scheduled for a precautionary amniocentesis that day.

She was a nervous wreck about the procedure and even though Eliza knew the risk of complications was very low, it was still ...